Aorto-enteric fistula is a serious complication to aortic surgery. Modern trends in diagnosis and therapy

Sierra, Jorge; Kalangos, A.; Faidutti, B; Christenson, Jan T.

doi:10.1016/s0967-2109(03)00004-8

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“…Other symptoms included: abdominal pain (8 patients), back pain (4 patients), and a pulsating abdominal mass found in 8 patients during the physical examination. Similar data was reported by, e.g., Sierra et al [21]. In our own experience supported by literature data, patients with symptoms of gastrointestinal bleeding and a history of aortic graft implantation should undergo a particularly careful diagnostic examination for SAEF.…”

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Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula After Abdominal Aortic Graft Implementation in Our Own Material

Gnus¹,

Ferenc²,

Kościelna³

et al. 2016

Adv Clin Exp Med

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Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula After Abdominal Aortic Graft Implementation in Our Own Material

Gnus¹,

Ferenc²,

Kościelna³

et al. 2016

Adv Clin Exp Med

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“…Aortoduodenal fi stula has been reported to occur in 0.2 to 4% of patients who have undergone aortic reconstruction [2]. Erosion into the intestine by a prosthetic vascular graft, although very uncommon, is much more common than primary aortoenteric fi stula, where the patient has not had previous surgery [3].…”

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Life-Threatening Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Aortoenteric Fistula

Islam

Hines

Katz

et al. 2008

Clinical medicine. Circulatory, respiratory and pulmonary medic

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“…S. epidermidis is associated with late infections [21][22][23]. Graft infections due to digestive fistula are rare but serious because of complications, with mortality between 25% and 90% [24]. They are usually late onset infections because of the delay in the formation of the aorto-enteric fistula, and the time required for bacteria to colonize and infect the graft.…”

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Streptococcus milleri Group Infection Associated with Digestive Fistula in Patients with Vascular Graft: Report of Seven Cases and Review

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We described seven patients with Streptococcus milleri group aortic (six patients) or vena cava (one patient) graft infection secondary to a vasculo-digestive fistula. Time between vascular graft setting and first clinical signs varied from eight months to more than thirteen years. Six patients had fever. Three patients presented with recurrent fever for more than nine months and in two of these cases, delay before diagnosis was long because repeated blood cultures were sterile. Three patients had abdominal pain and/or digestive haemorrhage. Abdominal CT-scan S. milleri was not contributive for the diagnosis in four patients. Streptococcus anginosus was isolated in four patients, Streptococcus constellatus in three patients. One patient died before surgical management. The other six patients were cured by a surgical management associated with a prolonged antibiotic (lactams) treatment. S. milleri group graft infections are rare (or misdiagnosed) while we found only 4 similar cases in the English medical literature. We conclude that a peri-prosthetic infection secondary to a digestive fistula must be insistently searched (and blood cultures must be repeated many times) in any patient with an aortic (or any other vascular) graft presenting prolonged or recurrent fever or acute digestive symptoms.

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Aorto-enteric fistula is a serious complication to aortic surgery. Modern trends in diagnosis and therapy

Cited by 44 publications

References 9 publications

Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula After Abdominal Aortic Graft Implementation in Our Own Material

Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula After Abdominal Aortic Graft Implementation in Our Own Material

Life-Threatening Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Aortoenteric Fistula

Streptococcus milleri Group Infection Associated with Digestive Fistula in Patients with Vascular Graft: Report of Seven Cases and Review

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